Indigenous Nations Ask World Council of Churches For Support
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Author/Creator
Thomas Ryan
Catholic New Times, vol. 30, no. 5, March 2006, p. 13
Description
Discusses a conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where Indigenous Nations talked to the World Council of Churches to ask for help stemming the tide of eroding cultures.
Details the proceedings of a two-day workshop held in Australia that brought together scholars and policy practitioners from Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Canada and the United States in July of 2015. The workshop examined the implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) for collection, maintenance, and use of data related to Indigenous peoples and the potential effects for Indigenous sovereignties.